Jan 25, 2017 1:21 PM EST
ABC renewed dependable sitcom The Middle for a ninth season on Wednesday. The family comedy, which stars Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn as middle-class Midwesterners raising three kids, is the second longest-running sitcom on ABC, having premiered o… Read more
A radio psychologist (Mary Kay Adams) wants to interview Debra for a book on the American family, but finds the rest of the quirky Barones more interesting. Football's Desmond Howard has a cameo.
Mike surprises his family with a vacation to Mammoth Cave, but Frankie invites the Donahues to join them after expecting a boring getaway. Meanwhile, Nancy asks Frankie to convince Sean to take his MCATs; Axl enlists Brick's help to pick up ladies; and Mik (more…)
A flashback shows how Ray and Debra (Patricia Heaton) wound up living across the street from his parents (Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle). Robert: Brad Garrett.
